Holder for checks and vouchers



R. H. GAY.

' HOLDER ion CHECKS AND VOUCHERS.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 30, I920.

Patented. MaylO, 1921 bag? Jnwnfor rates" RICHARD GAY, OF WASHINGTON, nrsrritror or ooLuMBIA.

Specification of Letterslatent.

I HOLDER FOB CHECKS AND VOUCHERS.

Patented May 10, 1 921.

Application filed November 30, 1920. Serial No. 427,446.

To all whom it mag concern I Be it known thatI, RICHARD H. GAY, a,

citizen, of the United States, residing at Washington, in the District of Columbia,

have invented a new and useful Holder for I Checks andVouchers, of which the following is a specification.

The object of mylnvention is to provide a convenient device for holding a pile of checks in position so that one check may be readily Withdrawn at a time, or the face of the various checks be examined without di s.

turbing the order in which they arev arranged. I attain these and other objects of my invention by the device illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure l is a top plan view; Fig. 2 is a side elevation; and Fig. 3 is a rear elevation.

Like characters ofreference indicate like elements in the several views.

Referring to the accompanying drawings,

I provide a suitable base 1 to which holder plate 2 is hinged at one end byhinges 3.

,out disturbing the others.

Member 2 is held in its normal inclined position by a suitable spring 4:. At the other end of the base 1 from thehinge 3, I pro sition they may be readily examined and any desired check maybe withdrawn with- I The spring 4 functions to resiliently hold the plate 2 in frictional engagement with the wire 5.

Imay modifythe position of the spring or resilient means described; and I may also modify theshape and'position of the wire check holding element, or adopt an equivalent member for performing the function hereinbefore described.

ember 5 is of general of papers on the device.

described and attributed. to this member;

and may dispose said member through a sultable slot in the inclined plate instead of shaping it to extend around the end of the plate,s aid modification being suggested as an available equlvalent structure, not involving a departure from my invention as An important advantage ofmy deviceis that it can be conveniently usedor operated with one hand by a person'who is engaged in operating an adding machine or otherwise has one hand occupied.

What I claim is: I

1. In a holder for checksand vouchers, the combination of a base, a holder plate 1 hingedly attached to'the' base, a spring. holding the plate in its normal inclined position relative to the base,and a wire element pivotally mounted on the'base at aflposition a considerable distance inward'fromthe free end of the hinged plate and extending rearwardly over forward parallel. I with the alined plate,

whereby the end of the inclined plate will bear against said forwardlybent portion when the plate is released after being de pressed. V I

2. In aholder forchecks and vouchers, the combination of a base, a holder plate hingedly attached to the base, a spring holdingthe plate in a normal inclined position relative to the base, a wire element pivotally mounted on the base at a position inward '70 its free end and bent directly from the freeend of the hinged plate and extending rearwardly'over the free end of" the hinged plate and then bent forwardly in alinementwith the hinged plate, and then in approximate U-shape, to form a voucher engaging element, whereby the insertion of additional paper andthe depressionof the hinged plate will not releasing the'wire element from engagement with the papers on the hinged plate throw same to a position ofl'the plate, whereby to RICHARD H. GAY;

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